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Deepa Iyer
@deepaiyer.bsky.social
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I write + create resources + facilitate networks for social justice. Work: www.solidarityis.org www.buildingmovement.org Books: Social Change Now; We Too Sing America; We Are The Builders! LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/socialchangemap More: www.socialchang
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Introduced a new generation to @deepaiyer.bsky.social and We Are the Builders at #NoKings in Hightstown, NJ today. 🌞

Who needs monarchs or authoritarians when you’ve got Storytellers, Caregivers, Healers, and ppl who fit all the other roles on the Social Change Ecosystem Map?
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new @teenvogue.com: Florida officials claimed they wouldn't hold minors in mosquito- and sewage-ridden Alligator Alcatraz, but a bombshell report in July found a 15-year-old was detained there in July. young people in Florida are afraid.

said one, "If it happens once, it’s going to happen again.”
A Teen Was Detained at Alligator Alcatraz. Could They Be the First of Many?
It comes after weeks of uncertainty around how minors would fit into Florida's immigration crackdown.
www.teenvogue.com
DC feels both like the epicenter of a democracy in collapse —and the place where community care is being reimagined.

Sharing my latest essay on finding home in the DC area during this time:

open.substack.com/pub/deepaiye...
At the epicenter of collapse and community
Signs of grief, belonging and care in the DC area
open.substack.com
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An essential read by writer and advocate @deepaiyer.bsky.social, who highlights that social change requires an intersection of gifts, skills, and roles.

Read here: deepaiyer.substack.com/p/all-of-us

#SocialJustice #Strategy #Change
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The 2025–2026 UU Common Read is Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection by @deepaiyer.bsky.social‬. Visit uua.org/read to learn more about how and you and your community can participate. Available wherever books are sold!
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Our BMP colleague @deepaiyer.bsky.social shared some ideas with Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka on the many ways people can get more involved beyond and after rallies and protests (1/2)
For more- here’s an essay on how all of us can flank disrupters by playing different roles. open.substack.com/pub/deepaiye...
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DMV! Please join me at the National Building Museum on 5/24 for a Community Day featuring We Are The Builders storytime AND activities supported by community members! All ages welcome.
As we celebrate mommas and maternal figures, we can also remember & address the harsh realities facing thousands of mothers around the world.

Learn/Support @nationalbailout @momsdemand @momsrising @NoG3nocide
Mothering is intensely personal + political. In a society that rhetorically places mothers in a pedestal, we consistently show them that they are not valued.
I have been using the metaphor of a fracture to describe the time we are in right now. Just as a bone breaks, the fractures in our body politic are revealing cracks, fissures and fault lines. Pls read/share my post + engage with reflection prompts here: deepaiyer.substack.com/p/fractured-na…
https://deepaiyer.substack.com/p/fractured-na…
A resource for and about movements as the first 100 days come to a close from @buildingmovement.bsky.social. See below!
🚨 Just released - a new brief from BMP: Movement Lessons from the First 100 Days 🚨

130+ executive orders.
Funding freezes.
Attacks on civil society.

Movements are adapting through adaptation, solidarity, and collective power.

📚 Download: bit.ly/100DaysMovem...